A protein in animals has the potential to reverse cataracts in humans without surgery, though more research is needed to know if it works, a new study finds. Researchers found a naturally occurring ...

In earlier years I had the unique opportunity to work in blindness prevention programs worldwide with an international non-governmental organization, Project ORBIS, Inc., which was in its formative ...

Cataract removal is one of the oldest and most common surgeries in the world. A surgeon makes small incisions in the eye, sucks out the cloudy lens and replaces it with an artificial lens implant.

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and their collaborators have identified a protein, known as RNF114, that reverses cataracts, a clouding of the eye's lens that occurs commonly in ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece is part of a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. It also marks part two of ...